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A Black storyteller chronicles the history of slavery and freedom
A Black storyteller chronicles the history of slavery and freedom
March 6, 2021
by Fred Jordan, African American Chamber of Commerce
By definition, a historian is an expert or student of history. I am not an expert or a student, but one whose family has been intimately involved in the Black history of this country and I was raised, lived, studied and worked in those areas most prominent in Black history: Washington, D.C., Southern Maryland and Boston.
Whether through family history or personal stories of direct descendants of great men and women, I am your griot. I am Frederick Jordan, your storyteller.
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Review: “A Slave in the White House, Paul Jennings and the Madisons” February 27, 2013 11:28 AM CDT By Rossana Cambron
On Aug. 24, 2009, Paul Jennings’ descendants arrived at the White House for a private tour. Entering the White House, where their ancestor a former slave served President James Madison, must have been a surreal moment for them all. Add to that, the fact that the first African-American president was now in office; these descendants could easily have felt an overwhelming sense of the foreign and indescribable.